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“From the ‘Twitter Tall Tales’ files:
“There are a lot of ‘touchy’ issues in the open source world –
none are perhaps more controversial than those involving money.“One such case is the recent attempt by Ubuntu to redirect
affiliate dollars away from the GNOME project and its Banshee media
player – to Ubuntu’s own bank account. It’s a debate that this week
hit Twitter with a flame war of vitriol and NSFW comments.”
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